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Show THE DIXIE ADYOCATE PRESIDENT MgKINLEY CHAS. 8. WILKINSON, Publisher. ST. GEORGE. - ON PAN-AMERIC- shot anarchist by EXPOSITION GROUNDS AN UTAH. UTAH STATE NEWS. It is said there is sot a vacant rest dence in Provo. Full; 300,000 acres of oil lands have been taken up in Grand county. Alta and Brighton are now connected by telephone with the general system. Over sixteen hundred men marched in the Labor day parade in Salt Lake City. It is generally believed that the Rio Grande Western will soon begin work on a branch to Vernal. An epidemic has appeared among the grasshoppers in the upper Sevier valley and the little pests are being rapidly exterminated. Frank Metcalf of Manti was fined on a charge made by a saloon man of refusing to pay for a pool game in which he engaged. A resolution lias been passed by the county commissioners of Utah county providing for the incorporation of the town of Mapleton. The D. A. & M. society has determined to have a mineral exhibit this fall and has sent a man to the different camps to look up exhibits. In the Labor day shooting tournament at Ogden, the Ogden marksmen defeated the Salt Lake team by a score of 307 to 275 out of a possible 350. Charles M. Dunlop, formerly & well known icsident of Salt Lake, met his death in a boiler explosion near Salmon City, Idaho, Monday of last week. !Hirdrach Green, the Salt Lake boy who confessed to a score of burglaries and petty thefts, has been sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. Frederick Boll winkle was fatally injured in a runaway in Salt Lake City, he being thrown from a wagon and striking the back of his bead upon a rock. There is an apple tree at Calder's Park, Salt Lake City, with full grown apples upon it, which has just blossomed out again with 400 or 500 blossoms. The National Guard of Utah this year enjoyed an eight days encampment at Lagoon, commencing Tuesday of last week. Filly. 500 officers and men took part. I Fie-sixth- s of xhe spaeelon the grounfl floor of the exposition building has been allotted to lintending exhibitors for the state fair, and applications are comiDg in daily. Archibald Stuart of Sandy, member of the last legislature, has been appointed by Revenue Collector Callister to succeed Ralph Guthrie as division deputy collector for Utah. State Treasurer Dixons report for August shows: Balance on hand August 1, $119,354.58; revenues for the month, $48,227.67; disbursements, $52,287.93; balance on hand August 31, $115,294.32. William Cole, aged 62, of Salt Lake City, fell from platform of a street car while the car was rounding a curve, striking on his head and receiving injuries from which he died two hours 10 His Condition is Critical, Though Every Symptom Strengthens Hope That Life Will be Spared. n Leon Czolgosz, a Anarchist, With Masked Revolver hy Handkerchief, Advances as if to Shake Hands With President and Fires Two Balls Into Ilis Body Assailant Quickly Overpowered and Safely Landed in Jail, Where He Declares He is an Anarchist and Had Done His Duty Intense Excite meiit Follows Shooting, and Prisoner Would Have been. Lynched Had Crowd Been Able to Get to Him Cries of Lynch Him! Hang Him! Set up at Jail The President the Only Cool Person in the Throng That Witnessed Assault, and His Bearing Throughout Ordeal Has Been Marked hy Great Calmness Polish-America- the moment the world was every evidence of good will, pressed by by the announcement of the a motley throng of people, showered attempted assassination of President with expressions of love and loyalty, McKinley, every bit of information besieged by multitudes, all eager to that has come from the sick chamber clasp his hands amid these surroundhas been one of hope for his ultimate ings, and amid the g Since shocked ever-recurjl.- n recovery. The first announcement left no thought but that the death of the chief magistrate might be momentarily expected. As time wore on, awful expectancy gave way to faint hope,, which grew, and grew and grew, until the belief has taken root that his life will be spared. The most eminent medical and surgical authorities in the entire country have been summoned in consultation, and hope has grown brighter and faith stronger at the close of each consultation. While the crisis has not yet passed, no symptoms indicating either blood poisoning or peritonitis, the two things The greatly feared, have appeared. president is rational, though still in a measure under the influence of narcotics, and bids those around him to be of good cheer. So satisfactory has been his condition that early Sunday morning Roosevelt was authorized by after a consultation, to 1 announce to Senator Proctor and ether leaders that the president would recover. Every change since then has been for the better, and while the bulletins are conservative, those nearest the sick room state that conditions are very satisfactory. The Milburn home, where the president lies, has been turned into a hospital, where the first consideration is the president's good. Absolute quiet has been secured, and aside from physicians and nurses, Mrs. McKinley has been the only person in the sick room. Secretary Cortelyou and assistants are quartered in an adjoining home, where a private telegraph office has been established. Across the street in tents, are newspaper correspondents and additional telegraph later. facilities. The district around the The Scandinavidns will hold a county home is patroled, no one being perreunion at Richfield on the 14th and mitted to enter the district except on I5th, in commemoration of the organibusiness, and that business must in zation of the first branch of the Mor- some way be connected with the sick room. mon church in Scandinavia fifty-on- e Mrs. McKinley, always in feeble years ago. In the twenty-fou- r hour bicycle race health, has borne the strain remarkon the Salt Palace track, William F. ably well. King of California won, riding 473 STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. miles, Lawson, the Terrible Swede, second, with 449 miles, and Turville President McKinley was shot and third, riding 376 miles. seriously wouDded by a would-b- e assasA box was found hurried at Manti sin while holding a reception at the the other day which was at first sup- Temple of Music at the posed to contain the remains of an in- grounds, a few minutes before 4 oclock fant, but which proved to be fish bones. Friday afternoon. One shot took effect And thus another startling sensation in the right breast, and the other in was nipped in the bud. the abdomen. The first is not of a Miss Ray Rock man, formerly of Salt serious nature, and the bullet has been Lake City, is in Paris and is Dow enextracted. The latter pierced the abgaged in teaching the great Sarah dominal wall and has not been located. Bernhardt to speak the English lanThe president, though well guarded guage preparatory to the appearance by United States secret service detecof the actress as Romeo. tives, was fully exposed to such an Marion Adamsou, aged 15, while attack as occurred. He stood at the huntiog chickens near Pleasant Grove edge of the raised dais upon which the allowed his gun to slip from his bands, great pipe organ stands at the east side the charge striking his arm and side, of the magnificent structure. Throngs inflicting serious injury to the arm, of people crowded in at the various although it is not believed amputation entrances to gaze at the executive, perwill he necessary. chance to clasp his haud, and then file d R. A. Low of Austiu has found that their way out through the mob and minute swelled that every twice and hives by changing destroying all the honey, comb and hives, foul multiplied at the points of ingress and brood can be cured among bees without egress to the building. Standing in the midst of crowds the bees being killed. A space of three days time should intervene be- numbering thousands, surrounded by tween the changes. At the preliminary hearing of James PRESIDENT UNDERGOES OPERATION FOR REMOVAL OF BULLET. Glendenning for the killing of James Hedges at Stateline, Glendenning was Bullet Not Fon d 'mt President's Condition held for trial for murder, the evidence Justifies I o - for His Recovery. introduced going to show that the acThe following bulletin was issued cused was the aggressor. The trial late Friday night, after the president's will take dace at Parowan. condition was thoroughly understood: Lightning struck the cupola on top The president was shot about 4 of the county court house at Logan, on p. m. One bullet struck him on the the Sd, and set the roof of the buildiDg upper portion of the breast bone, on fire, the blaze being extinguished glancing and not penetrating; the by the fire department, the loss being second bullet penetrated the abdomen but $300. Two persons were knocked five inches below the left pipple end flown by the shoek, good-nature- by a strong cordon of police, which was drawn np across the pavement on Pearl street, aod admittance was denied to any but officials authorized to take part in the examination of the prisoner. In a few min ntea the crowd had grown from tens to hundreds, and these in turn quickly swelled to thousands, until the street was completely The crowds that a moment before blocked with a mass of humanity. had stood mute and motionless as in CROWD WANTED TO LYNCH THE bewildered ignorance of the enormity ASSASSIN. of the thing, now, with a single imIt was at this juncture that some ane Like pulse, surged forward toward the stage raised the cry of Lynch him. of the horrid drama, while a hoarse a flash the cry was taken up. and the cry welled op from a thousand throats whole crowd, as if ignited by the single and a thousand men charged forward match thus applied, the cry, to lay hands upon the perpetrator of Lynch him! Hang him! Closer the the crime. crowd surged forward. Denser the For the moment the confusion was throng became as new arrivals swelled terrible. The crowd surged forward, each moment the swaying multitude. Men of consequences. The situation was becoming critical, regardless shouted and fought, women screamed when suddenly the big doors were and children cried. Some of those flnng open and a squad of reserves nearest the doors fled from the edifice advanced with solid front, drove the in fear of a stampede while hundreds crowd back from the curb, then across of others from the outside struggled the street, and gradually succeeded in blindly forward in the effort to pene- dispersing them from about the entrate the crowded building and solve trance to the station. the mystery of the excitement and When the news of the crime was panic which every moment grew and telephoned to the home of President swelled within the congested interior Milburn, where Mrs. McKinley was of the edifice. resting, immediate steps were taken to spare her the shock of a premature PRESIDENT WAS COOL. statement of the occurrence before the Of the multitude which witnessed or trne condition of the president had bore a part in the scene of turmoil and been ascertained. Guards were staturbulence' there was but one miDd tioned, and none were to permitted which seemed to retain its equilibrium, approach the house. one hand which remained steady, one When it was decided to move the eye which gazed with unflinching president from the Exposition hospital calmness and one voice which retained to the Milburn residence, the news was its even tenor and faltered not at the broken to Mrs. McKinley as as most critical juncture. They were the could be. She bore the shockgently remarkmind and hand and the eye and the ably well, and displayed the utmost voice of President McKinley. fortitude. After the first shock of the assassins A bystander who witnessed the atshot he retreated a step. Then, as the tempt on the presidents life, describes detectives leaped upon his assailant, it as follows: When the man fired he turned, walked steadily to a chair the shots President McKinley stepped and seated himself, at the same time back a step and quivered slightly. his and his hat head removing bowing Secretary Cortelyou, President Milburn in his hands. and Detective Fostfer sprang to his aid, In an instant Secretary Cortelyou while Detective Ireland and James B. and President Milburn were at his side Parker threw his assailant to the floor, His waistcoat was hurriedly opened, hurled themselves upon him and atthe President meanwhile admonishing , tempted to disarm him. those about him to remain calm, and "Their prisoner desperatestruggled telling them not to be alarmed. wrenching his arm free, atBut you are wounded, cried his ly and, once more to fire at the presitempted secretary, let me examine. dent. The revolver, however, was answered the struck from his No, I think not, hand, flying Hseveral feet away. plaudits of an army of sightseers ringing in his ears, the blow of the assassin came, and in an instant pleasure gave way to pain, admiration to agony, folly turned to fury, and pandemonium followed. It was shortly after 4 p. m. when one of the throng which surroundedthe presidential party, a medium-size- d man of ordinary appearance and plainly dressed in black, approached as if to greet the president. Both Secretary Cortelyou and President Milburn noticed that the mans hand was swathed in a bandage or hankerchief. Reports of bystanders differ as to which hand. He worked his way amid the stream of people up to the edge of the dais until . President McKinley himself plucked from hi side the bullet which had struck the breast bone and glanced, lodging in the skin, at the same time saying to the detective: Foster, I be lieve there is( another bullet in there. Shortly afterward he said: Do not exaggerate this to Mrs. McKinley. The president displayed the greatest fortitude, and until the time I saw him carried from the building his coolness and courage were wonderful. WHO ASSASSIN PRESIDENT McKINLEY. he was within two feet of the president. SHOT WHILE GREETING ASSASSIN. President McKinley smiled, bowed and extended his hand in that spirit of geniality the American people so well know, when suddenly the sharp crack of a revolver rang out loud and clear above the hum of voices, the shuffling of myriad feet and vibrating waves of applause that ever and anon swept here and there over the assemblage. There was an instant of almost complete silence. The president stood stock still, a look of hesitancy, almost of bewilderment, on his face. TheD he retreated a step, while a pallor began to steal over his features. Then came a commotion. Three men threw themselves forward, as with one impulse, and sprang toward the would-b- e assassin. Two of them were United States secret service men, who were on the lookout and whose duty it was to guard against just such a calamity as had here befallen the president and the nation. The third was a bystander, a negro, who had only an instant previously grasped the hand of the president. In a twinkling the assassin was borne to the ground, his weapon was wrested from his grasp and arms pinioned him down. st-o- one and one half inches to the left of the median line. The abdomen was opened through the line of the bullet wound. It was found that the bullet had penetrated The openiug in the the stomach. front wall of the stomach was carefully closed with silk stitches, after which a search was made for a hole in the back wall of the stomach. This was found and also closed in the same way. The further course of the bullet I am not badly hurt, I assure you. Nevertheless his garments were hastily loosened, and when a trickling stream of crimson was seen to wind its way down his breast, spreading its tell-tal- e stain over the white surface of the linen, their worst fears were confirmed. ASSASSIN HURRIED AWAY. The Presidents assailant, in the meantime, had been hustled by exposition guards to the rear of the building, where he was held while the building was cleared, and later he was turned over to Superintendent Bull of the Buffalo Police department, who took the prisoner to No. 13 police station, and afterward to police headquarters. The news of the attempted assassination had, in the meantime, spread broadcast by the newspapers, like wildfire it spread from mouth to mouth. Then bulletins began to appear on the boards along Newspaper Row, and when the announcement was made that the prisoner had been taken to police headquarters, only two blocks distant from the newspaper section, the crowds surged down toward the Terrace, eager for a glimpse of the prisoner. At police headquarters they were met President. could not be discovered, although careful search was made. The abdominal wound was closed without drainage. No injury to the intestines or other abdominal organs was discovered. The patient stood the operation well. Pulse of good quality, rate 130. Condition at the conclusion of the operation was gratifying. The result cannot be foretold. His condition at present justifies hope of recovery. GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Secretary to the President IS. Anarchist Named Leon Czolgosz, alias Fred Nleman, Committed Deed. The assassin is a blonde man of 28t of German-Polis- h parentage, a native of Detroit. He came to Buffalo only Saturday, and had been stopping in the Polish district of the city, usually called Little Poland. He is a blacksmith by trade, and the police believe that he has been connected with anarchistic societies in a dozen different cities. The assassin has signed a confession, covering six pages of foolscap, and which, states that he is an anarchist, and that he became an enthusiastic member of that body through the influence of Emma Goldman, whose writings he had read and whose lectures he had listened to. He denies having any confederates, and says he decided on the act three days ago, and bought the revolver with which the act was committed in Buffalo. He has seven brothers and sisters in Cleveland, and the Cleveland directory has the names of about that number living on Hosmer street and Ackland avenue, which adjoin. Some of them are butchers, and others are employed in different trades. CZOLGOSZ WAITED FOR DAYS BEFORE OPPORTUNITY CAME Prevented Several Times From Carrying Out Ills Purpose by Watchfulness of Officers. anarchist Czolgoz, the who attempted to assassinate the president, has signed a lengthy statement eoncerning the tragedy from its conception to fulfillment. Throughont it shows a craving for notoriety. After detailing his early history, and bis connection with Chicago anarchists, which is not important, he attributes the desire to kill the president to a lecture recently delivered by Emma His statement Goldman in Cleveland. follows: Emma Goldman set me on fire. Her doctrine that all rnlers should be exterminated was . what set me to thinking so that my head nearly split with the pain. Her words went right through me, and when I left the lecture I had made up my mind that I would have to do something heroic for the cause I loved. Eight days ago, when I was in Chicago, I read in a Chicago newspaper of President McKinleys visit to the an exposition at Buffalo. That day I bought a ticket for Buffalo and got here with the determination to do something, but I did not know just what. I thought of shooting the president, but I had cot formed a plan. Not until Tuesday morning did the resolution to shoot the president take hold of me. It was in my heart; there was no escape for me. I could not have conquered it had my life been at stake. There were thousands of people iu town on Tuesday. I heard it was president's day. All of those people seemed bowing to the great ruler. , I made up my miud to kill that ruler. I bought a revolver and On Tuesday night I went to the fair grounds and was near the railroad gate when the presidential party arrived. I tried to get near him, but the police forced me back. They forced everybody back so that the great ruler could pass. I was close to the president when he got into the grounds, but was afraid toi attempt the assassination because there d were so many men in the that watched him. I was not afraid of them or that I should get hurt, but afraid that 1 might be seized and that my chance would be gone forever. On Wednesday I went to the ground, and stood right near the presidents right under him near the stand from which he spoke. I thought half a dozen times of shooting while he was speaking, but I could not get close enougt. I was afraid I might miss. -and then the great crowd was always jostling and I was afraid lest my aim fail. I waited Wednesday and the president got into his carriage again and a jot of men were about him and formed a cordon that I could not get through. I was tossed about by the crowd and my spirits were getting pretty low. I was almost hopeless that night as I went home. , Thursday morning I went again to Emma Goldthe exposition grounds. man's speech was still burning me up. I waited near the central entrance for the president, who was to board his special.train from that gate, but the police allowed nobody but the president's party to pass where the train waited, so I stayed t the grounds all day waiting. During Friday I first thought of hiding my pistol under my handkerchief. I was afraid if I had to draw it from my pocket I would be seen and seized by the guards. I got to the Temple of Music the first one and waited at the spot where the reception was to be held. Then he came, the president the ruler and I got in line and trembled and trembled until I got right up to him and then I shot him twice through I would have my white hankerchief. fired more, but I was stunned by a blow in the face a frightful blow that knocked medown and then everybody jumped on me. I thought I would be killed and was surprised the way they loaded it. body-guar- treated me. When he had concluded, he was TheNovoe Vremyaof St. Petersburg, asked: Did you really mean to kill referring to the attempted assassina- the president? tion of President McKinley, says, In I did, was the reply. the great republic beyond the sea a What was your motive? What good horrible crime has been committed, could it do you? he was asked. the news of which has filled the whole I am an anarchist. I am a desciple civilized world with horror. President of Emma Goldman. Her words set me McKinley was the victim of one of on fire, he replied, with not the those stupid crimes which, to the slightest tremor. I deny that I have I shame of humanity, continue. The had an accomplice at any time. circumstances augment the horror of dont regret my act, because it was the crime. What happened in doing what I could for the great cause. nineteen centuries ago is re- I am noj connected with the Paterson peated. This new Judas kiss has re- group or with those anarchists who verberated through the world. The sent Bresci to Italy to kill Humbert I' answer will be only indignant con- had no confidants, no one to help me, I was alone absolutely. tempt. CzolgMi'a Crime Like Judas Kiss. cold-blood- . Getb-sema- Roosevelt Greatly 8hoeked. The first news of the attempted assassination of President McKinley was received by Roosevelt at Isle la Motte at 5:20 p. m. The vice president seemed stunned by the news, put his hands to his head and exclaimed: My God! When asked at the wharf for a statement for publication, he said: I am so inexpressibly grieved, shocked and horrified that I can say nothing. Mr. Roosevelt hurried to the residence of Senator Proctor to obtain his articles of wearing apparel and started for Buffalo nt Socialists Vote Down Resolutions of Regret for Attempted Assassination. Two thousand members of the Socialists voted down a resolution of regret for the attempted assassination of the president at a meeting Chicago, Sunday. The argument of those opposed to the resolution was that McKinley is the representative of the capitalist class and that his safety or danger are matters of no concern to, Socialists. The Resolution wasdesigned1 to counteract the tendency to place So- -' cialists apd anarchists in the same class. j |